SAGINAW — Police say a 15-year-old middle school student has been taken into custody after police found a loaded gun hidden in a bathroom at a Saginaw school.

Saginaw police Detective Sgt. Reggie Williams tells The Saginaw News that police were dispatched to Thompson Middle School on Monday after students reported a gun.

Williams says police and security officers searched the school. Police say the gun was found in ceiling tiles inside a boys’ bathroom. The teen was taken to the Saginaw County Juvenile Detention Center, where he was held on weapons violation charges.